Monday, 10 June 2013

Icons by Margaret Stohl

Everything
changed on The Day. The day the windows shattered. The day the power
stopped. The day Dol′s family dropped dead. The day Earth lost a war it
didn′t know it was fighting.

Since then, Dol has lived a simple
life in the countryside - safe from the shadow of the Icon and its
terrifying power. Hiding from the one truth she can′t avoid.

She′s different. She survived. Why?

When
Dol and her best friend, Ro, are captured and taken to the Embassy, off
the coast of the sprawling metropolis once known as the City of Angels,
they find only more questions. While Ro and fellow hostage Tima rage
against their captors, Dol finds herself drawn to Lucas, the
Ambassador′s privileged son. But the four teens are more alike than they
might think, and the timing of their meeting isn′t a coincidence. It′s a
conspiracy.

Within the Icon′s reach, Dol, Ro, Tima, and Lucas
discover that their uncontrollable emotions - which they′ve always
thought to be their greatest weaknesses - may actually be their greatest
strengths.

Bestselling author Margaret Stohl delivers the first
book in a heart-pounding series set in a haunting new world where four
teens must piece together the mysteries of their pasts - in order to
save the future.

Paperback, 368 pages

Published
May 7th 2013
by HarperVoyager

My Review

Beautiful Creatures is without a shadow of doubt my favourite series of
all time - so I'm sure you can imagine my excitement when I heard that
Margaret Stohl was going solo and releasing Icons!

Unfortunately I
think I set my expectations too high - to be completely honest I didn't
get this book! A lot of things didn't make sense to me and I so
desperately wanted everything to be perfect!

I don't want to be
all negative here, I really do think this is a good first instalment
from Margaret Stohl. Icons actually reminds me a little bit of a mix
between Falling Skies (T.V. show) and Under the Never Sky - which isn't a
bad thing! I didn't understand the Icons or the Icon children and I
think more explanations would have been needed for me to get a better
understanding.

Now the characters: Dol I liked, but I feel like
the only thing memorable about her is her name to be completely honest!
Now there is a bit of a love triangle going on here but the 2 guys, Ro
and Lucas, are definitely the best thing about the book and I really
can't wait to get to know more about them. I don't really know which guy I liked
more because I really did like them both for their differences.

The
storyline follows Dol and the tests, trials and adventures she faces
after what they call The Day! Most people where the Icons landed on The
Day died -Dol is the exception to the rule. Why?

She must discover things for herself with the help of the devoted Ro. Dol will prove to be a key played in the deadly Icon war and life will quickly become unpredictable and highly dangerous.

The
writing is great here and I was very intrigued but I really needed to
know more hows and whys. I think this series can seriously progress if
some of my confusions are cleared up in the next book.

I really,
really enjoyed the ending of Icons and I'm extremely excited to see
where Margaret Shohl is going to take us in the next adventure!